Asia:Women Battle On After Lanka War

SRI LANKA - Four years after the end of civil war in Sri Lanka, women from former
conflict zones in the northern and Eastern provinces are fighting to
save their honour and make ends meet.

A 26- year civil war in the country left many women sole breadwinners
for their families with their men either killed, maimed or gone
missing.

According to a survey conducted by the U.N Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairsin June, women are also increasingly at the
receiving end of male frustrations related to unemployment and job
loss.

Meanwhile, a report by Minority Rights Group says, women breadwinners
are often financially desperate due to lack of income and some engage
in sexual relationships in exchange for favours
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